"6Cylinder" (nickestes)
03/24/2016 at 22:32 • Filed to: None
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"6Cylinder" (nickestes)
03/24/2016 at 22:32 • Filed to: None | 18
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As some of you may recall I wrote a post recently about my experience replacing the transmission in my Civic. Three days after replacing the transmission, the engine decided it didn’t like its rod bearings anymore.
That was the final straw.
So I decided to make a terrible financial decision. I couldn’t be any happier.
MUSASHI66
> 6Cylinder
03/24/2016 at 22:40 |
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Nice ride!! My buddy has one and it is fast, feels way faster than my XT with (almost) the same engine.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> 6Cylinder
03/24/2016 at 23:50 |
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Welcome to the club!
Ryanator122
> 6Cylinder
03/25/2016 at 00:20 |
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Do allllll the mods.
for Michigan
> 6Cylinder
03/25/2016 at 01:18 |
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What a coincidence. I nearly responded to that post with a list of all the things that went wrong with my Civic after I did the headgasket that led me to buy a different car. Decided it was sort of a buzzkill and moved along without comment.
Almost bought a BRZ when that happened, but ended up with a used Mazda3 instead.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> 6Cylinder
03/25/2016 at 01:44 |
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Something about Japanese cars versus German cars regarding reliability...
marshknute
> 6Cylinder
03/25/2016 at 07:39 |
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Nice choice! I had one up until November and it’s by far the best enthusiast’s daily driver for the money. And in black, it looks surprisingly grown up—a first for WRX’s!
Mine was not grown up:
Jayhawk Jake
> 6Cylinder
03/25/2016 at 10:08 |
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Replacing an engine that didn’t like rod bearings with an engine that despises ring lands?
Bold.
uofime-2
> Jayhawk Jake
03/25/2016 at 12:11 |
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this generation is fine for ringlands, it’s the connecting rods that fail.
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6Cylinder
> uofime-2
03/25/2016 at 15:36 |
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Fa20dit has connecting rod failure issues?
Fuck
Street Surgeon
> 6Cylinder
03/25/2016 at 16:35 |
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Cool thing, I just talked a guy at work into picking up a new WRX, great cars!
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6Cylinder
> Street Surgeon
03/25/2016 at 21:22 |
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I'm really enjoying it so far. Couldn't ask for much more in a car really.
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uofime-2
> 6Cylinder
03/26/2016 at 18:50 |
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Yes but mostly only when tuned. They can make really high torque from low rpms on the stock turbo, their con rod ratio isn't great. If you floor them in high gear and low rpm they will bend the rods. The better tuners have learned to purposely limit torque at low rpm to help alleviate the issue.
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6Cylinder
> uofime-2
03/27/2016 at 00:17 |
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Yeah I've heard of boost creep at low rpm so I tend to only put power on above 3500rpm anyway.
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6Cylinder
> marshknute
03/27/2016 at 00:17 |
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Why did you get rid of it?
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uofime-2
> 6Cylinder
03/27/2016 at 00:23 |
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That is certainly safe. The twin scrolls will build big boost even at 2k rpm and that’s where they can get into trouble.
They’ll make 350 lbft there and that’s what you sort of have to limit them to or damage ensues.
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marshknute
> 6Cylinder
03/27/2016 at 00:32 |
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Two reasons. 1) I moved to NYC and no longer need a car that does everything, so I replaced it with a designated track car (C6 Vette).
But more importantly, 2) The FA engine has a serious overboosting issue on the racetrack. It only happens on racetracks (not AutoX), and only in 4th/5th gear after the 2nd lap. Basically the turbo spools too quickly and the fuel-cutoff engages for 10-15 seconds while the turbo calms down. Subaru knows the problem exists, but refuses to admit it since it only happens on the racetrack and therefore falls outside the warranty.
You’ll never overboost on public roads, or even on AutoX. It will only happen after 5+ minutes of full-throttle acceleration in higher gears. So as a track car, it’s useless. But as a daily driver/AutoX’er, it’s perfect.
It’s also not exclusive to the FA engine; EJ’s are documented as having the same issue, even in STI tune (but, again, Subaru won’t officially acknowledge it).
PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
> 6Cylinder
03/28/2016 at 01:57 |
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hold up, is that a BECU ATM in the background on the right?
wait are you local to me?????
jokes aside, always good to see relatively close-by oppos! (redmond, WA represent!)
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6Cylinder
> PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
03/28/2016 at 02:47 |
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I live in Auburn. I’d like to get all the western WA Oppos together and hang out though.
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PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
> 6Cylinder
03/28/2016 at 09:34 |
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been trying that for awhile...
We could do a meet somewhere at some point!